Fundamentals of Jail & Prison Administrative/Internal Investigations

Fundamentals of Jail & Prison Administrative/Internal Investigations
Author: D. P. Lyons
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2015-04-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1504902211

The goal of this book is to provide correctional supervisors and others tasked with the responsibility of conducting internal investigations with the information and tools to become proficient and meet the state and federal court mandates and expectations of quality. The procedures and tasks in this book serve as a proactive means of preventing correctional supervisors from being charged with failure to conduct a proper investigation and/or being part of a cover-up. For correctional managers and others reviewing supervisory investigations, this book provides the critical information that you should look for before approving and passing on such investigations. This book is pursuant to correctional case law, expert opinions of authorities in the field of corrections, professional investigative agencies, and this authors over thirty years of experience in conducting investigations in law enforcement and corrections.

Guidelines for Investigating Officer-Involved Shootings, Arrest-Related Deaths, and Deaths in Custody

Guidelines for Investigating Officer-Involved Shootings, Arrest-Related Deaths, and Deaths in Custody
Author: Darrell L. Ross
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2017-07-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317199847

As unrest over officer-involved shootings and deaths in custody takes center stage in conversations about policing and the criminal justice system, Guidelines for Investigating Officer-Involved Shootings, Arrest-Related Deaths, and Deaths in Custody addresses critical investigation components from an expert witness perspective, providing the insights necessary to ensure a complete investigation. Investigating a custodial death or an officer involved in a shooting presents unique and complex issues: estate, community, judicial, agency, involved officer, and public policy interests are all at stake. These types of deaths present various emerging medical, psychological, legal and liability, technical, and investigatory issues that must be addressed through a comprehensive investigation. This book is ideal for students in criminal investigation, death investigation, crime scene investigation, and special topic courses in custodial deaths and officer-involved shootings, as well as for death investigators, law enforcement officers, police administrators, and attorneys.

Family Guide to Mental Illness and the Law

Family Guide to Mental Illness and the Law
Author: Linda Tashbook
Publisher:
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2019
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0190622229

Family Guide to Mental Illness and the Law offers the nuts-and-bolts legal information and problem-solving steps families need. This accessible resource explains how common legal issues uniquely impact people with various forms of mental illness and what family members can do to help.

Handbook for Prison Leaders

Handbook for Prison Leaders
Author: Vivienne Chin
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789211302929

The Handbook focuses on an overview of key issues which should be of concern to prison managers and the reforms they must often engage in and promote as prison leaders. It is meant to support a basic five-day training workshop for prison officials responsible for leading and managing prisons in developing and post-conflict countries. It is aimed to explore and understand practical ways in which prison leaders can more effectively implement international standards and norms in the institutions for which they are responsible. The Handbook and the workshop curriculum provide a template to help leaders identify the changes required in their environment and to reflect on the challenges they are likely to encounter in bringing about these changes.

Prison and Jail Administration

Prison and Jail Administration
Author: Peter M. Carlson
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 721
Release: 2013-08-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1449653065

Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of the best-selling textbook Prison and Jail Administration: Practice and Theory covers all aspects of prison administration, from organizational structure and management accountability to food service, personnel corruption, and the impact of technology on penal institutions. Authored by over sixty leading experts in the field, the text provides students with a unique balance of practice and theory, and includes suggested readings, learning objectives, and discussion questions to help students gain an in-depth understanding of the material. The third edition includes all-new pedagogical features, instructor resources, and new chapters on current topics, such as women offenders, the world of a corrections officer, hiring and retention of staff, institution pre-release programs, and restorative justice. The most comprehensive and accessible prison administration textbook available, Prison and Jail Administration: Practice and Theory, Third Edition is essential reading for students in correctional administration courses.

Locked In

Locked In
Author: John Pfaff
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0465096921

A groundbreaking reassessment of the American prison system, challenging the widely accepted explanations for our exploding incarceration rates In Locked In, John Pfaff argues that the factors most commonly cited to explain mass incarceration -- the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons -- tell us much less than we think. Instead, Pfaff urges us to look at other factors, especially a major shift in prosecutor behavior that occurred in the mid-1990s, when prosecutors began bringing felony charges against arrestees about twice as often as they had before. An authoritative, clear-eyed account of a national catastrophe, Locked In is "a must-read for anyone who dreams of an America that is not the world's most imprisoned nation" (Chris Hayes, author of A Colony in a Nation). It transforms our understanding of what ails the American system of punishment and ultimately forces us to reconsider how we can build a more equitable and humane society.

A Life in the Balance

A Life in the Balance
Author: Billy Wayne Sinclair
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2012-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1611451027

Billy Wayne Sinclair's powerful tale about his time at one of the worst prison systems in...

Corrections: The Essentials

Corrections: The Essentials
Author: Mary K. Stohr
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2011-10-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1412986990

Corrections: The Essentials, is a comprehensive, yet compact version of the typical corrections text. The text addresses the most important topics in corrections in a shorter format, while allowing for more accessibility through cost. It includes the usual topics typically found in corrections textbooks, from the history and development of correctional institutions, to the future of corrections. The book is designed for introductory lower and upper division corrections classes, or as a supplement to other corrections classes at the undergraduate or graduate level.